Banner, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Banner, Missouri
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Label:Banner
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Iron
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1034
Coordinates:37.6969°N -90.8344°W
Area Code:573
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:784661

Banner is an unincorporated community in northern Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

The community is located on the banks of Keesling Branch one half mile from that stream's confluence with Cedar Creek[1] on Missouri Route 32 approximately west of Belleview.[2]

History

A post office called Banner was established in 1924 and remained in operation until 1956.[3] It is unknown why the name "Banner" was applied to this community.[4] A variant name was "Brule".

Notes and References

  1. Banner, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 48
  3. Web site: Post Offices . Jim Forte Postal History . 11 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012075240/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Iron . 12 October 2016 .
  4. Web site: Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 11 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071635/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_iron.html . 24 June 2016 .